{"id":24006,"date":"2012-11-14T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=24006"},"modified":"2018-11-18T22:58:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T03:58:42","slug":"heeeeeeres-a-johnny-carson-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/14\/heeeeeeres-a-johnny-carson-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Heeeeeere\u2019s A Johnny Carson Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The estate of Johnny Carson is teaming with Black Swan<\/strong>-screenwriter John MacLaughlin and Hitchcock<\/strong> producer Tom Thayer for a biopic on the legendary late-night talk show host. The film will be based on Bill Zehme\u2019s upcoming book Carson: The Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait<\/em>. MacLaughlin is currently working on the script, which Deadline states will be taken out to potential investors after the holidays.<\/p>\n

As a journalist, Zehme is well known for his work covering comedy. He has previously written about current late-night mainstays Jay Leno and David Letterman as well as an in-depth biography of groundbreaking comic Andy Kaufman. Zehme was the only journalist that Carson ever acquiesced to talk to following his retirement.<\/p>\n

For you young whippersnappers, long before current host Jay Leno watered-down the franchise, Carson\u2019s tenure on NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show <\/em>was considered the gold standard of talk shows. His interview style was conversational and non-confrontational and he treated every guest, from the biggest names in show business to average people who collected potato chips, the same. Not only a pretty funny comic himself, and one who acknowledged that he stole much of his style from radio star Jack Benny, Carson loved bringing new, young comics to national attention. A single, well-received shot on The Tonight Show <\/em>was enough to shot their career into the stratosphere. <\/p>\n

But for however well Carson\u2019s professional life was, he had a troubled private life, one that was littered with many failed marriages and the tragic death of his son. And the backstage machinations by leno\u2019s then-manager that led to Carson\u2019s forced retirement and Leno taking over the show are the stuff of infamous legend.<\/p>\n

Carson kept to himself following his retirement, shying away from the spotlight. After his death, it was revealed that he had occasionally sent jokes over to David Letterman to use.<\/p>\n

Here a just a few great Carson moments. Feel free to fall down a Carson\/YouTube rabbit hole, you probably won\u2019t be disappointed with what you find.<\/p>\n